From the Scrapbook Archives: A Sestina for Sam and Elanor

[pippinswolf]

Sestina Challenge: Conversation Between a Father and His Daughter

Comments

[lin4gondor]

*sniffle*

This is beautiful! This bit especially:

I did what I could for my dearest friend- if that makes me brave
Then I suppose you could say that I am, though I might again cry
For it’s not me they should celebrate!

How very Samlike to continue putting himself second, even at the end.

[pippinswolf]

(((hugs)))) thank you. I think this is the poem I'm most proud of, save of course for my "orcs" epic!

[dreamflower02]

I love sestinas, and have tried a couple myself, so I know that they are not easy! This one is brilliant, and I am so glad that it was saved, so that I could get a chance to read it!

This really is the sort of conversation that Sam and Elanor might have one day. Well done, dear!

[pippinswolf]

*many blushes* Thank you, DF!

[gentlehobbit]

I'm so glad this was preserved! Hurrah for primsong!

I loved this part very much:

My dearest Bright-Eyes, please do not cry!
Let me dry your eyes and kiss you and I shall tell you a tale
Of the first day of March, nearly ten years ago
A most wonderful thing happened- after a short time of pain
Your mother gave me a beautiful daughter- and my heart filled with song
And none else was so happy as he was- dear Frodo, the hobbit most brave!

Dear Sam. What a comfort Elanor is to him, and what a gift.

[pippinswolf]

Praise from the praiseworthy is the greatest praise of all, dear (((GH))))

[shirebound]

That's so lovely. How thrilling that prim preserved these gems for you.

[pippinswolf]

Thank you(((you)))

[primsong]

My dearest Bright-Eyes, please do not cry!
Let me dry your eyes and kiss you and I shall tell you a tale...

((((Kimby))))

[pippinswolf]

(((((((((((prim))))))))))))))